immature

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ɪməˈtjʊə(ɹ)/
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/ɪməˈtjʊə(ɹ)/ · /ɪməˈt͡ʃʊə(ɹ)/ · /ɪməˈt͡ʃə(ɹ)/

Definition of immature

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (archaic)Occurring before the proper time; untimely, premature (especially of death).
    “And thou also canst best account for the causes of her immature death […].”
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adj

  1. (archaic)Occurring before the proper time; untimely, premature (especially of death).
    “And thou also canst best account for the causes of her immature death […].”
  2. Not fully formed or developed; not grown.
  3. Childish in behavior; juvenile.
    “You're only young once, but you can be immature the rest of your life.”
    “The man was immature for throwing a tantrum.”
    “Wilhelm Stekel - As quoted in The Catcher in the Rye (1951) by J. D. Salinger. The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.”

noun

  1. An immature member of a species.
    “There are many genera and even families of Brachypylina for which immatures are not yet known, and thus numerous examples of adult convergence and misclassification remain to be revealed: such is the case with Hypozetes.”
    “While on a walk the next morning I found what looked like a patch of old growth habitat - perhaps somewhere the fires had missed - and to my astonishment saw a female Red-lored Whistler accompanied by an immature.”

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Etymology

From Middle French immature. Partially displaced unripe, from Old English unrīpe (“unripe, immature”).

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